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The Change of Zone request from General Industrial 3 -acre (MG -3a) to Project District (PD) is consistent with the intent and purpose of the General Plan and the Zoning Code. The requested change of zone to a Project District would conform to the General Plan Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map, which designates the property as an Urban Expansion Area. This General Plan land use designation allows for a mix of high density, medium density, low density, industrial and/or open designations in areas where new settlements may be desirable, but where the specific settlement pattern and mix of uses have not yet been determined. The General Plan also identifies Keahole- O'oma as an urban center. The purpose of the requested change of zone to a Project District is to provide a mix of land uses ranging from office and retail commercial uses, multi -family residential units, and transient accommodations. The proposal is to provide approximately 155,000 square feet and 237,000 square feet of office and retail commercial uses, respectively. Also proposed are 240 multi -family residential units and three.(3) hotels totaling 400 rooms. The Planning Director is, however, recommending that the number of visitor units be reduced to 200 rooms, because of the speculative nature of the market for an airport -oriented business hotel. The proposed Project District, which will be designed to provide a mix of these uses, will be consistent with the General Plan land use pattern for this area of Kona and the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan. The Zoning Code is one of the tools to implement the General Plan and is one of the County's primary land use control mechanisms. The Zoning Code sets out the various types of uses allowed by providing for certain zoning districts. In this particular case, the applicant proposes to establish a Project District to provide flexibility in the location of these land uses without specifically identifying where these uses should be located on the property. This method or concept of identifying varying land use designations would be consistent with the intent of establishing a Project District within the Zoning Code. This proposed development is consistent with the Economic Element of the General Plan in that the proposed development will provide additional and -2-